The only reason you can love God or anybody else is because God first loved you. And he showed that love by sending Jesus Christ to Earth to die for you.
Rick WarrenLonging for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension.
Rick WarrenHumility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.
Rick Warren